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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in elearning enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants would like to understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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